10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROSE-WATER»
Discover the use of
rose-water in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rose-water and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Produced commercially and for individual use when the fruits were in season,
verjuice was normally kept for a whole year. Rose Water Rose petals were
already used in Persian cookery to perfume and flavor dishes long before the
technique ...
Melitta Weiss Adamson, 2004
2
Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovation and Cultural ...
represented the chief source of rose water (gulab) and rose oil ('atr > Eng. attar)
in Iran.23 This highly fragrant, rose-pink species apparently obtained its name
from the Islamic legendary belief that the rose was created from the drops of ...
Michel Conan, W. John Kress, 2007
Rose, called shatapatri in Sanskrit, is often used as a main ingredient in many
Ayurvedic products like masks, gels, creams, and oils. But of all shatapatri's roles,
simple rose water is perhaps the most renowned because of its versatility.
4
The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages
this variety of ordinary rose-water, after being filtered, would be used for such
purposes as hand-washing at a formal dinner, or for scenting a room or clothes
by being sprinkled on them. The other principal genre of rose-water was a
distillate.
5
The
Rose: Its History, Poetry, Culture, and Classification
oceans of rose-water were set afloat, for washing the courts and interior surface
of the walls. Rose-water is by no means so generally used now, as for a few
hundred years subsequent to its invention. In France, during the reign of Philip ...
Samuel Bowne Parsons, 1847
6
Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula
The use of rose oil and rose water spread widely and was eventually introduced
by a Turkish merchant into the Ottoman province of Eastern Roumelia (now part
of Bulgaria) around the end of the 17th century. This area is now one of the ...
S.A. Ghazanfar, M. Fisher, 1998
7
Flower Crops: Cultivation and Management
The main commercial products which can be obtained from rose flowers and
method of their production is as follows: Rose water: Rose water is prepared by
boiling the rose flowers in water and condensing the steam. In India, a crude
method ...
8
Artichoke to Za'atar: Modern Middle Eastern Food
These too are nearly always enhanced with a few drops of fragrant rose water or
orange-blossom water. Rose petals and rose water featured quite prominently in
the cooking of medieval England. They were used extensively in candies, ...
Greg Malouf, Lucy Malouf, 1999
9
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom
occurs that the residents prepare some rose-water for their own use as a present
to their friends, to secure their being provided with that which is the best. The
natives never remove the calices of the rose-flowers, but place the whole into the
...
10
Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide
Rose water was used in bath tubs, to wash hands at the table while eating, as
perfume, in medicines, and even sprinkled in fountains. New babies were rolled
in rose petals in order to give them a good start in life. Rose petals were used to ...
